Barriers and Facilitators to School-Based Parent Involvement for Parents of Urban Public Middle School Students

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• Alternative Title:
  Sage Open
• Personal Author:
  Murray, Kantahyanee W. ; Finigan-Carr, Nadine ; Jones, Vanya ; Copeland-Linder, Nikeea ; Haynie, Denise L. ; Cheng, Tina L.
• Description:
  Using semistructured interviews, we explored barriers and facilitators to school-based parent involvement (SBPI) in a sample of predominately African American parents (N = 44) whose children attended urban public middle schools. Barriers to SBPI (e.g., perceptions of hostile parent-teacher interactions and aggressive, disrespectful students in the school) were more commonly reported than facilitators (e.g., child invitations for involvement). Findings suggest that parents' motivations for engaging in SBPI may be undermined by a variety of barriers, resulting in low participation. Implications and tailored strategies for enhancing SBPI in this population are presented.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • parent participation
  • middle schools
  • urban
  • violence
• Source:
  Sage Open. 4(4).
• Pubmed ID:
  27088049
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4833392
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K24 HD052559/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; P20 MD000198/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States ; U49 CE000728/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; Z99 HD999999/Intramural NIH HHS/United States
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/42105/cdc_42105_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 103.12 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:96021cb963d596c377f5c481bc3bb5aa9b04459731ed1dd21ac9ff9cd4b189ea